Limited Scope Asylum Assistance for Asylum Seekers

Limited Scope Asylum Application Pro Bono Assistance Models: Law, Procedure & Supervision

This CLE provides an introduction to an pro se assistance to asylum seekers: regulations governing limited scope representation, clinic models to prepare asylum application, and opportunities for pro bono volunteers

This program is part 2 to the July 23rd program on Asylum Basics for Pro Se Providers

Agenda:

• Introduction and Overview of Training

• Asylum Law Fundamentals 

• I-589 Asylum Application Overview 

• Limited Scope Rule 12:55 

• Limited Scope Clinic Procedures 

• Role of Volunteers

• Common Issues Faced by Practitioners & Volunteers 

• Ethics of Limited Scope Assistance 

• Opportunities for Full Representation

• Questions 

Program Faculty:

Lourdes Aguilar – Staff attorney and ONA Legal Counsel at Neighbors Link Community Law Practice

Nicole E. Feit – Director of Immigration, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Ilene Hartzband – Pro Bono Director, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Melanie Zamenhof – Senior Staff Attorney at Neighbors Link Community Law Practice